Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 91
If Sun Chengzong wanted to implement the fortress advancing tactics, it would definitely not be possible to rely on the [-] remnants of Liaodong that had just been defeated. After these people were reorganized, they could be used to defend the city. Once they left the city, they would definitely be defeated again.

In other words, in order to advance the fortress, Liaodong had to increase its troops.

It's a pity that the guns and cannons of the Shenji Battalion have not yet been equipped, and the Shenwu Battalion has not yet arrived, so there is no way to attack at all. In desperation, Taichang can only order to mobilize other border towns, border troops and local troops. Wei supported Liaodong.

This time Donglin did not contradict him, because at this moment Donglin still thought that Sun Chengzong was his own, and his own people needed support, so naturally they would not be a hindrance.

The problem is that it is not easy to mobilize other frontier troops and local guards in other border towns at this moment, because the frontier troops and guards in Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei and other places have been mobilized for the past ten years after the defeat of Sarhu last time. More than ten thousand, if they are transferred from these places again, the frontier troops and guards in these places will all be removed.

Naturally, this is not possible, especially in the border towns of Shanxi, where the tribes of the Mongol and Yuan dynasties have to be protected from attacking grass valleys.

They had no choice but to draw troops from farther places in Shaanxi, Sichuan and Huguang.

In this way, it will take a long time. You must know that the Shaanxi capital closest to Liaodong is more than [-] miles away from Shanhaiguan, and the Sichuan capital farthest from Liaodong is more than [-] miles away from Shanhaiguan!
In other words, it will take at least two or three months to wait for the reinforcements to gather at Shanhaiguan, and it will take at least two or three months to advance the fort after the reinforcements are assembled to regain the land between the Daling River and the Daliao River. After all, it is not a matter of a day or two to build cities and fortresses, and it is impossible for Sun Chengzong to build a few cities and fortresses to regain such a large piece of land.

Calculated in this way, it will take at least a year for more than 200 million Liao people to support themselves, because it will take time for them to grow food after regaining the lost land!

How did you survive this year?

Originally, Taichang thought that as long as Nanzhili was rectified and the New Deal was gradually implemented, he would basically not be short of money.

Who knew that Dong Lin and the eunuch party would suddenly make such a big mess for him.

More than 200 million civilians, plus at least 20 troops, will consume at least 80 million shi of food a month, plus salary, that is millions of taels.

At this moment, Daming's annual tax revenue is only 500 million taels, how can he get millions of taels of money and food in a month?

Relying on Donglin would definitely be unreliable. If he hadn't recovered the taxes from the Lianghuai Salt Division, Donglin wouldn't even be able to pay for the 200 frontier troops in Liaodong. With more than [-] reinforcements, they must have nothing to do.

He has to figure out a way for this money and food.

The question is, where does he get so much money?
Originally, the mining income from Nanzhili could bring him tens of thousands of taels a month, but now most of the copper, iron ore, and coal mines produced in Nanzhili are transported to the capital to process weapons Equipped, it's not bad if he doesn't put money in it.

The income from the imperial store is a drop in the bucket. He has not completely rectified all the imperial stores in the major cities of Ming Dynasty. The imperial store in Nanzhili alone can earn him tens of thousands of taels a month. God.

His biggest source of income now is the little money his father-in-law Wu Yangchun gave him to buy jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. The problem, he originally planned to use these to expand the imperial guards and pro-army.

At this moment, the tens of thousands of horses in the Shenji Battalion are already in place, and the 5 horses in the Shenwu Battalion are also gathering. Adding in the 8 forbidden troops, the food and salary of the 20 horses alone is nearly 30 taels a month, and there are also weapons and equipment. The investment is not a small amount, he will spend at least [-] taels a month.

In other words, he can get out more than [-] taels a month at most, which is not enough to block the big hole in Liaodong.

How to do it?

After much deliberation, he could only sell the land!
Right now, the most valuable thing in his hands is fertile land.

To be honest, he didn't know how much fertile land the royal family had, because the Huangzhuang owned by the royal family was under the management of the eunuchs, and this area basically didn't generate any income, and it was all swallowed up by those eunuchs!
It is impossible for him to be an emperor without fertile land under his name. You must know that any vassal prince now has millions of mu of fertile land, and the fertile land of Prince Fu's Mansion and Prince Lu's Mansion is as much as 400 million mu. Can he be an emperor less than a vassal king?
This is of course impossible. Could it be that there is no land in the world? It would be strange if the royal family had no land.

Originally, the royal family’s fields were spread all over the world. Although most of them were entrusted to vassal princes now, there are still a lot in Nanzhili and Beizhili. Any Huangzhuang is tens of thousands of mu or even 10,000+ mu of land.

In other words, if there is not 1000 million mu of fertile land under the royal family's name, there are also 800 million mu!

Anyway, the income from these fertile lands was all corrupted by those dead eunuchs. He had never seen a penny, so he might as well sell them all and use them to cover the expenses of the Liaodong army and civilians.

Also, the three to four million acres of fertile land under the name of Prince Fu's Mansion in Luoyang, and the fertile land turned in by corrupt officials in Nanzhili, are all on sale, raising a few hundred thousand taels or hundreds of thousands of shi of grain a month It's not a problem, is it?

As for planting sweet potatoes and potatoes for disaster relief, we had to find another way.

Anyway, as long as the undeveloped wasteland in the entire Ming Dynasty is his, and the undeveloped mountainous land is all his, it will not be a problem to develop some wasteland or terraced fields to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Taichang sat there alone and meditated for a long time, and finally said: "Biography to Wang An."

Wang An, how should I put it, is not loyal, but his character is rather cowardly, so it is really inappropriate to be in charge of the chief inspector.

Of course, if we want Wei Zhongxian, a mad dog, to strengthen his strength to bite people at this moment, then the handprint of the supervisor of ceremonies cannot be too strong, otherwise, the handprint of the supervisor of ceremonies and the admiral of Dongchang will start to fight first, and he will bite the ass man!

Therefore, it is still okay for Wang An to sit in this seat temporarily.

Taichang stared at Wang An and thought wildly for a while, then asked, "Do you know how much land there is in Huangzhuang?"

Uh, this.

Wang An was a little ashamed and said: "The emperor forgives the crime, this servant is not very clear, the Huangzhuang is under the supervision of the inner palace as a rule, and Li Chaoqin, the supervisor of the inner palace, belongs to Wei Zhongxian."

Alas, you, you said that you, the supervisor of ceremonies, are the ones who hold the seal.

Taichang sighed secretly, and then said decisively: "Draft the decree, and promote Wang Cheng'en to be the Inner Palace Supervisor."

what?
Wang An was dumbfounded when he heard this.

How old is Wang Chengen?
Your Majesty, this is a bit of a bad rule!
It stands to reason that a young eunuch like Wang Chengen in his twenties would be pretty good if he was in charge of the sixth rank, but the palm prints of the fourth rank would have to spend at least a few decades in the palace before he could get up step by step. , there has never been a palm print eunuch younger than 40 years old in the palace.

Fortunately, the emperor directly promoted a young eunuch in his twenties to be a palm print eunuch!
This?
Wang An's throat rolled a few times, and he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva dryly, but he still couldn't say the words of remonstrance.

Does the emperor need to talk about the rules?
It seems that there is no need to talk about it!
He hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and nodded: "The servant obeys the order."

Wang An may think it's nothing, after all, the emperor has the final say in the palace, and what the emperor says is what he says.

However, Wei Zhongxian was taken aback by this imperial decree.

The emperor suddenly decreed to replace Li Chaoqin!
Could it be that the emperor is angry with him again because of something?
He was secretly preparing to catch Dong Lin and bite him madly, but he opened his mouth, but he didn't know whether he should bite it or not.

Wei Zhongxian is quite sinister and vicious, yes, but before he is absolutely sure, he basically only plays tricks behind his back and will not show his vicious side.

In history, he had cooperated with Donglin for a period of time. It wasn't until he took charge of the power of the entire inner palace and became a nine-thousand-year-old grandfather, and his godson and grandson collected a bunch of them, that he turned his back on Donglin. .

At this moment, the emperor suddenly gave him this move, and he was too frightened to move.

What does this mean, Your Majesty?

He has experience as a dog.

In front of Wei Chao, he was once a dog.

In front of Wang An, he was once a dog.

In front of Xi Li, he was once a dog.

Before he has the strength to overwhelm the opponent, he is just a pug. Once he has the strength to overwhelm the opponent, he will instantly transform into a Tibetan mastiff!
To be a dog, you have to have brains. If you don't care about it and bite whoever you catch, then he will become a hot pot of dog meat long ago!

(End of this chapter)